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Yoan Capote

Purificación (pareidolia) 2023, plaster, barbed wire, fences, chains and other recycled metal elements on jute mounted over wooden panel, 180 x 200 cm. Photo: Studio Abbruzzese

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Deriva (elegía) 2023, bronze, polished bronze and chrome, 12 x 200 x 23 cm. Photo: Studio Abbruzzese

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Retrato de familia Series 2022, mirrors and wooden frames, variable dimensions. Installation view at MITICO 2023, Villa Sant’Andrea, A Belmond Hotel, Sicily. Photo Federico Ciamei

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'Elegy' 2022, exhibition view at Galleria Continua, The St. Regis, Roma. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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'Elegy' 2022, exhibition view at Galleria Continua, The St. Regis, Roma. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Requiem (lontananza) 2022, oil, nails, 24k goldleaf, collective blood and fishhooks on canvas mounted on wooden panel, 180 x 352 cm. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Isla (lasitud) 2022, oil, nails and fishhooks on linen mounted on wooden panel, 165 x 240 cm. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Isla (lasitud) 2022, oil, nails and fishhooks on linen mounted on wooden panel, 165 x 240 cm. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Requiem (exvoto) 2022, oil, 24k goldleaf, nails and fishhooks on panel of plywood and canvas, 81 x 160 cm. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Requiem (exvoto) 2022, oil, 24k goldleaf, nails and fishhooks on panel of plywood and canvas, 81 x 160 cm. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Isla (realismo mágico) 2022, oil, nails and fishhooks on linen mounted on wooden panel, 120 x 120 cm. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Isla (lacrimosa) 2022, oil, nails and fishhooks on linen mounted on wooden panel, 120 x 210 cm. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Isla (lacrimosa) 2022, oil, nails and fishhooks on linen mounted on wooden panel, 120 x 210 cm. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Purificación (alambrada) 2022, plaster, wires and recycled metal elements on jute panel mounted on plywood, 118 x 182 cm. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Purificación (revelación) 2022, plaster, wires and recycled metal elements on jute panel mounted on plywood, 118 x 182 cm. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Purificación (espejismo) 2022, plaster, wires and recycled metal elements on jute panel mounted on plywood, 100 x 70 cm. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Deriva 2022, marble, wood, and metal, variable dimensions. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Presagio 2022, wood and metal, 56 x 76 cm. Photo: Giorgio Benni

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Isla (elegía) 2019-2022, oil painting, nails and fish hooks on panels of linen mounted on plywood, 270 x 924 x 12 cm. Installation view at Art Basel Unlimited 2022. Photo: Andrea Rossetti

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Isla (elegía) 2019-2022, oil painting, nails and fish hooks on panels of linen mounted on plywood, 270 x 924 x 12 cm. Installation view at Art Basel Unlimited 2022. Photo: Andrea Rossetti

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Isla (elegía) 2019-2022, oil painting, nails and fish hooks on panels of linen mounted on plywood, 270 x 924 x 12 cm. Installation view at Art Basel Unlimited 2022. Photo: Andrea Rossetti

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Isla (elegía) 2019-2022, oil painting, nails and fish hooks on panels of linen mounted on plywood, 270 x 924 x 12 cm. Installation view at Art Basel Unlimited 2022. Photo: Andrea Rossetti

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Requiem (plegaria) 2019 - 2021. Installation view at Biennale of Sydney, March 12 - June 13, 2022

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Erguidos / Upstanding 2020, Wooden yokes, concrete base and metal, 200 x 27 x 27 cm (each). Photo: Nestor Kim

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Erguidos / Upstanding 2020, Wooden yokes, concrete base and metal, 200 x 27 x 27 cm (each). Photo: Nestor Kim

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Erguidos / Upstanding 2020, Wooden yokes, concrete base and metal, 200 x 27 x 27 cm (each). Photo: Nestor Kim

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Sujeto Omitido exhibition view, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

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Isla (mare nostrum) 2019, oil painting and fish hooks on panel of plywood and canvas, 250 x 520 cm; 4 panels of 250 x 130 cm (each). Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

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Isla (transgresión) / Island (transgression),  2020, Oil painting and fish hooks on plywood panel and canvas, 172 x 134 cm. Photo: Nestor Kim

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Isla (persistencia) / Island (persistence), 2020, Oil painting and fish hooks on plywood panel and canvas, 172 x 134 cm. Photo: Nestor Kim

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Isla (persistencia) / Island (persistence), 2020, Oil painting and fish hooks on plywood panel and canvas, 172 x 134 cm. Photo: Nestor Kim

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Isla (impunidad), 2019, oil painting and fish hooks on panel of plywood and canvas, 127 x 170 cm

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Isla (eufemismo) 2019, oil painting and fish hooks on panel of plywood and canvas, 96 x 135 cm, 37,79 x 53,14 in

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Muro de mar (aprehensión I), 2019, concrete, wood, steel, nails and fish hooks, 90 x 95 cm. Photo: Pamela Bralia

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Muro de mar (aprehensión I), 2019, concrete, wood, steel, nails and fish hooks, 90 x 95 cm. Photo: Pamela Bralia

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Muro de mar (aprehensión II), 2019, concrete, wood, steel, nails and fish hooks, 90 x 95 cm. Photo: Pamela Bralia

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Stress (desplazados), 2019, bronze, concrete, 200 x 43 x 43 cm. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

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Stress (desplazados), 2019, bronze, concrete, 200 x 43 x 43 cm. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

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Autorretrato (estudio de resistencia), 2019, bronze, concrete. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

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Autorretrato (estudio de resistencia), 2019, bronze, concrete. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

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Lastre (I), 2019, concrete, rebars and wires, 184 x 104 x 12 cm. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

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Lastre (II), 2019, concrete, rebars and wires, 189 x 95 x 12 cm. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

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Visceral (rib cage), 2019, ink and pensil on paper, 76 x 56 cm

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Lastre II (dibujo), 2019, ink and pensil on paper, 76 x 56 cm

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Lastre I (dibujo), 2019, ink and pensil on paper, 76 x 56 cm

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Abstinencia (Derechos),  2019, Installation (8 hands in cast bronze), life size hands. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

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Abstinencia (Derechos),  2019, Installation (8 hands in cast bronze), life size hands. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

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Speechless - series,  2019, bronze and facial tissues, life size faces, h 13 x 13 x 22,5 cm. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

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Speechless - series,  2019, bronze and facial tissues, life size faces, h 13 x 13 x 22,5 cm. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

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Speechless - series,  2019, bronze and facial tissues, life size faces, h 13 x 13 x 22,5 cm. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

Yoan Capote: moving the viewer from passive observation to intellectual reaction


Yoan Capote is an artist whose work spans many different mediums; sculpture, painting, installation, photography and video. He often uses mundane objects, representations or images that incite a political or psychological reference. These are recognized by viewers from all kinds of backgrounds and experiences, not just those familiar with Cuban society. These “mundane objects” are perceived by Capote as extensions of our body. A tool for extending the landscape of symbols that we come across. His work tries to accentuate the meaning or the poetry these objects contain. The human body is an important reference point in his work, something that Yoan Capote sees as full of symbols and expressions. It can be a vessel or a catalyst for universal ideas and experiences. The human psyche and the psychology that surrounds us are a source of inspiration that he taps into, claiming that its helpful in rendering his work more expansive towards an essential or universal analysis. It’s through this that Capote’s work, although deeply connected with the Cuban experience, manages to profoundly affect people from all kinds of circumstances.

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